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The biggest Irish music festival makes its way to ‘The Lake County’
Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann has awarded Cavan Town the prestigious honour of hosting Fleadh Cheoil na hEireann 2010. Cavan is celebrating the announcement following a meeting at Comhaltas headquarters in Monkstown, Dublin on September 12, at which the Ardchomhairle voted to stage Ireland’s premier traditional culture event in the Lake County.
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SIANSA GAEL LINN is teideal don chomórtas do ghrúpaí traidisiúnta atá á reáchtáil ag Gael Linn, le tacaíocht ó RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta agus Irish Music Magazine, chun spreagadh agus ardán a thabhairt don chuid is fearr de ógthallann ceoil agus amhránaíochta traidisiúnta na tíre.
Siansa Gael Linn is a competition for young traditional music and singing groups organised by Gael Linn with funding from RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta and Irish Music Magazine.
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www.musicnetwork.ie
Music Network has announced details of the second round of the Music Capital
Scheme, an initiative designed to provide support for the purchase of
musical instruments funded by the Arts Council. Awards in this scheme will be made to individual artists, to ensembles and to organisations supporting musical practice in other ways. This year, there are two categories of support under the Music Capital Scheme aimed at highly skilled performing artists and non-professional performing groups/ensembles.
Stream 1: Instrument banks
Total available funding in 2009: €75,000
Stream 2: Individual Instruments
Total available funding in 2009: €37,900
This fund aims supports the purchase of high value musical instruments. One
or more awards may be made to support up to 50% of the value of the
instrument. Available to highly skilled individual performing artists only.
Closing date for receipt of applications is 5:30 p.m. Monday 2nd November
2009. For further information visit
www.musicnetwork.ie or contact The Music Capital Scheme Manager, Music Network, Tel. 01 6719429 or
email capitalscheme@musicnetwork.ie.
Cork-born singer-songwriter Ger Wolfe has just released “No Bird Sang”, his fifth collection of original songs to date on the ‘Raggedy Records’ label, distributed in Ireland by Claddagh Records.
Over the years Ger has worked hard at establishing his reputation as one of our finest songwriters with the albums-“Word and Rhyme” (1998), “Ragged Ground” (2000), “Heaven Paints her Holy Mantle Blue” (2002) and “The Velvet Earth” (2006). This, while also touring as both a solo artist and with his band ‘The New Skylarks’. His songs are widely admired and have been covered by the likes of Karan Casey, Danú, North Cregg and Sharon Shannon. His much loved ode to childhood ‘The Curra Road’ has been hailed as a ‘folk classic’.
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50th anniversary CD release of first Gael Linn LP
Gael Linn is Ireland’s oldest recording company. Its first LP was issued in 1958 and to commemorate it we are now re-issuing the album on CD for the first time. Prior to issuing an LP, Gael Linn had been issuing gramophone records (78s) since 1957 where songs and music were featured on alternate sides. The same order was followed for the first LP.
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The Mulkerrin Brothers, winners of the first ever R.T.E ‘All-Ireland Talent Show’, are about to embark on their very first Irish tour. Some very special guests are to be announced in the coming weeks, and the Royal Theatre will welcome them on Sunday 29th November 2009.
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- musical gatherings with GAEL LINN
Bewley’s Café Theatre, Grafton Street
6p.m. – 8p.m.
(Doors open from 5.45p.m.)
TUESDAY 22 SEPTEMBER 2009
GER WOLFE
( www.gerwolfe.com )
will perform old songs from the
Muskerry Gaeltacht in Co. Cork
along with some self-penned jewels !
ADMISSION: €15 ( includes complimentary finger food )
Bar open/tea and coffee available
BOOKING RECOMMENDED ( LIMITED SPACE ! )
087/2547574
(Credit card no. required )
LEAVING HOME
The Baltic Tae Byzantium by Brian McNeill: This long-awaited album on the theme of emigration from Scotland to Europe is a sequel to Brian’s highly acclaimed 1991 album, The Back O’ The North Wind, which dealt with emigration from Scotland to North America. The release of The Baltic Tae Byzantium was ‘work in progress’ for a considerable time but the end result is well worth the wait. It has a great line-up including Dick Gaughan and Sylvia Barnes. The CD is available on www.footstomping.com.
HIGH OCTANE FIDDLE
Spreefix - Fullsceilidh Spelemannslag: This Shetland fiddle-driven line-up, backed by a multi-punch packing rhythm section has been wowing the audiences throughout their home islands. The10-piece band has a repertoire drawn from their own Shetland tradition as well as Nordic and Celtic influences. The band is building a reputation for releasing their high-octane maelstrom of feverish melodies on audiences, to great appeal. “The Shetland spree album of the year.” (Shetland Times)
GAELIC GIRL POWER
Fionnar - Sgoil Roc: A new EP containing three original songs by the young singing group from the Highlands. Sgoil Roc teamed the teenage Gaelic vocal harmony group, Fionnar, with professional Gaelic writers and musicians. The Sgoil Roc project aims to boost confidence amongst Gaelic speaking teenagers and to demonstrate to them that they can produce a quality product in Gaelic which has a wide appeal amongst their peer group.
John Doyle has just completed a seven-week tour with the legendary Joan Baez as her musical director/guitarist. The group will be embarking on a seven-week European tour with Birmingham as the first date on October 1st. John and Karan Casey have a new duo recording out early 2010 on Compass Records with Dirk Powell as producer.
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Every year, the Celtic Colours International Festival pays tribute to influential and inspirational figures in Cape Breton music and culture. One of the most anticipated concerts this year is scheduled for the last night of the Festival. Master Cape Breton Fiddler: A Tribute to Jerry Holland will take place Saturday, October 17th at the Joan Harris Cruise Pavilion in Sydney.
“Celtic Colours International Festival staff and volunteers were saddened to learn that Jerry Holland had lost his fight with cancer,” said Joella Foulds, Artistic Director of Celtic Colours, in reaction to the news. “Jerry was a gentle giant with a heart as big as the island he loved and the talent of an angel. He will be sorely missed, not only for his music, but also for his warmth, his hearty laugh and his endless thoughtfulness for others.”
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